Purpose: WAC 392-121-107 through 392-121-187 require
updating to address changes resulting from recently passed
legislative bills and revising the language to address current
practice. A summarization of the changes is as follows:

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Limit the FTE that can be claimed for running start
students to 1.20 FTE,

•

Address the new June enrollment reporting
requirement,

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Change the noon intermission to meal intermission to
clarify this enrollment exclusion,

•

Add city and county jails to list of institutional
education entities,

•

Remove the requirement for national guard program
participation be limited to school districts only,
and

WAC 392-121-107
Definition -- Course of study.
As used in
this chapter, "course of study" means those activities for
which students enrolled pursuant to chapters 180-16, 180-51,
392-169, 392-134, and 392-410 WAC may be counted as enrolled
students for the purpose of full-time equivalent student
enrollment counts.

(1) Course of study includes:

(a) Instruction - Teaching/learning experiences conducted
by school district staff as directed by the administration and
the board of directors of the school district, inclusive of
intermissions for class changes, recess and
teacher/parent-guardian conferences that are planned and
scheduled by the district for the purpose of discussing
students' educational needs or progress, and exclusive of time
for meals.

(b) Alternative learning experience - Alternative
learning experience provided by the school district in
conformance with WAC 392-121-182.

(c) Instruction provided by a contractor - Instruction
provided by a contractor in conformance with WAC 392-121-188.

(d) National guard - Participation in a national guard
high school career training program for which credit is being
given toward either required or elective high school credits
pursuant to RCW 28A.300.165 and WAC 392-410-320. ((Such
participation may be counted as a course of study only by the
school district which the individual last attended.))

(e) Ancillary service - Any cocurricular service or
activity, any health care service or activity, and any other
services or activities, for or in which enrolled students are
served by appropriate school district staff. The term shall
include, but not be limited to, counseling, psychological
services, testing, remedial instruction, speech and hearing
therapy, health care services, and if such service is provided
by the district, certificated contact time pursuant to RCW 28A.225.010 (4)(a) with students who are in a home-based
instruction program. The term shall exclude all
extracurricular activities and all other courses of study
defined in this section. In conformance with WAC 392-134-025,
school districts report the actual number of student contact
hours of ancillary service for part-time, private school, and
home-based students to the superintendent of public
instruction.

(h) Transition school - Participation in the University
of Washington's transition school and early entrance program
pursuant to RCW 28A.185.040, and chapter 392-120 WAC. Such
participation shall be reported by the University of
Washington and shall not be reported by a school district.

(i) Technical college direct funding - Enrollment at a
technical college pursuant to RCW 28A.150.275 and WAC 392-121-187. Such participation shall be reported by the
technical college and shall not be reported by a school
district unless the technical college and the school district
agree to have the school district report such enrollment.

(2) Course of study does not include:

(a) Home-based instruction pursuant to RCW 28A.225.010(4): Education programs provided by a parent which
do not meet the requirements of WAC 392-121-182 cannot be
claimed for state funding;

(d) Instruction provided to students who do not reside in
Washington state (RCW 28A.225.260);

(e) Enrollment in state institutions, i.e., state
operated group homes, county juvenile detention centers, state
institutions for juvenile delinquents, county and city adult
jails, and state residential habilitation centers;

(f) Instruction preparing a student for the general
education development (GED) test if such instruction generates
state or federal moneys for adult education;

(h) Enrollment in the Washington state school for the
deaf and the Washington state school for the blind;

(i) Extracurricular activities including but not limited
to before and after school activities such as classes, sports
and other activities offered outside the regular curriculum or
for which credit is not earned; or

(j) Attendance at universities, colleges, community
colleges, or technical colleges of students not earning high
school credit.

WAC 392-121-108
Definition -- Enrollment exclusions.
A
person who qualifies for any of the exclusions set forth in
this section shall not be counted as an enrolled student
pursuant to WAC 392-121-106.

(1) Absences - Except as provided in (a) and (b) of this
subsection, a student whose consecutive days of absence from
school exceed twenty school days, or a part-time student that
has not attended school at least once within a time period
consisting of twenty consecutive school days, shall not be
counted as an enrolled student until attendance is resumed.
School days are defined as the regularly scheduled
instructional days for the general population of the school or
district the student is enrolled in, regardless of the
student's individualized schedule.

(a) If there is a written agreement between the
appropriate school official and a student's parent or guardian
pursuant to RCW 28A.225.010 that the student's temporary
absence is not deemed to cause a serious adverse effect upon
the student's educational progress, the absent student may be
counted as an enrolled student for up to two monthly
enrollment count dates as specified in WAC 392-121-122.

(2) Dropouts - A student for whom the school district has
received notification of dropping out of school by the student
or the student's parent or guardian shall not be counted as an
enrolled student until attendance is resumed.

(3) Transfers - A student who has transferred to another
public or private school and for whom the school district has
received notification of transfer from the school to which the
student has transferred, from the student, or from the
student's parent or guardian shall not be counted as an
enrolled student unless the student reenrolls in the school
district.

(4) Suspensions - A student who has been suspended from
school pursuant to WAC 392-400-260, when the conditions of the
suspension will cause the student to lose academic grades or
credit, shall not be counted as an enrolled student until
attendance is resumed.

(5) Expulsions - A student who has been expelled from all
school subjects or classes by the school district pursuant to
WAC 392-400-275 or 392-400-295 shall not be counted as an
enrolled student until such time as enrollment in a district
program has resumed; a student who has been partially
expelled, such as from a single school subject or class, by
the school district pursuant to WAC 392-400-275 or 392-400-295
may be considered a part-time enrolled student.

(6) Graduates - A student who has met the high school
graduation requirements of chapter 180-51 WAC by the beginning
of the school year.

(7) Tuition - A student paying tuition including, but not
limited to, students on an F-1 visa or students enrolled in a
tuition-based summer school program.

(8) An institution student who is claimed as a 1.0 FTE by
any institution as an enrolled student eligible for state
institutional education support pursuant to chapter 392-122 WAC where the institution's count date occurs prior to the
school district count date for the month. Where the count
dates occur on the same date, the institution shall have
priority for counting the student.

WAC 392-121-119
Definition -- Enrollment count dates.
As
used in this chapter, "enrollment count dates" means the
fourth school day of September and the first school day of
each of the ((eight)) nine subsequent months of the school
year for all school districts including districts which
commence basic education programs prior to September 1st. Exceptions are limited to the following:

(1) In school districts where not every school or grade
follows the same calendar of school days, the calendar of an
individual school or an entire grade level within a school may
determine the monthly enrollment count date for that school or
grade level within the school.

(2) The nine count dates for running start enrollment
shall be the first school day of each month of October through
June.

WAC 392-121-122
Definition -- Full-time equivalent
student.
As used in this chapter, "full-time equivalent
student" means each enrolled student in the school district as
of one of the enrollment count dates for at least the minimum
number of hours set forth in subsection (1) of this section,
inclusive of class periods and normal class change passing
time, but exclusive of ((noon)) meal intermissions: Provided,
That each hour counted shall contain at least 50 minutes of
instruction or supervised study provided by appropriate
instructional staff. The purpose of recognizing "50 minute
hours" is to provide flexibility to school districts which
utilize block periods of instruction so long as students are
ultimately under the jurisdiction of school staff for the
equivalent of 60 minute hours: Provided further, That the
hours set forth below shall be construed as annual average
hours for the purposes of compliance with this chapter.

(1) The minimum hours for each grade are as follows:

(a) Kindergarten: 20 hours each week, or 4 hours (240
minutes) for each scheduled school day;

(2) Except as limited by WAC 392-121-136, a student
enrolled for less than the minimum hours shown in subsection
(1) of this section shall be counted as a partial full-time
equivalent student equal to the student's hours of enrollment
divided by the minimum hours for the student's grade level set
forth in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The full-time equivalent of a student's running start
enrollment pursuant to RCW 28A.600.300 through 28A.600.400
shall be determined pursuant to chapter 392-169 WAC. If a
running start student is enrolled both in high school courses
provided by the school district and in running start courses
provided by the college, the high school full-time equivalent
and the running start full-time equivalent shall be determined
separately.

(4) The full-time equivalent of University of Washington
transition school students shall be determined pursuant to
chapter 392-120 WAC.

WAC 392-121-123
Nonstandard school year programs.
A
student participating in a program of education occurring
during ((June, July, or August ()) the nonstandard school
year(())) on a tuition-free basis may be claimed for state
funding to the extent that the student was not claimed as a
1.0 AAFTE during the regular school year (September through
((May)) June), subject to the following:

(1) Eligible student FTE in a nonstandard school year
program shall be claimed based upon the following:

(a) Enrolled hours based upon the standards in WAC 392-121-122 or 392-121-182.

(b) Credit based for student enrolled in a college
program under WAC 392-121-188.

(c) A student enrolled in transition school or a running
start program is not eligible for nonstandard school year
funding.

(2) A district shall make month by month evaluation of
the student to determine if the following conditions were met
during the regular school year:

(a) The student was not home schooled or enrolled in a
private school.

(b) The student was not claimed as a 1.0 FTE in a regular
or institution education program.

(3) For each month in which the conditions of subsection
(2) of this section are met, the district shall determine the
amount of student FTE claimed for the student. To the extent
the enrollment claimed is less than 1.0 FTE for each month,
the school district may claim nonstandard school year FTE
based upon the student enrollment in the nonstandard school
year school program.

WAC 392-121-124
Full-time equivalent enrollment for work
based learning.
For work based learning provided pursuant to
WAC 392-410-315, a student's full-time equivalent shall be
determined as follows:

(1) For cooperative work based learning experience, in
accordance with WAC 392-410-315 (1)(g), divide the student's
hours of work experience for the month by two hundred; for
example: Forty hours of cooperative work experience equals
two tenths of a full-time equivalent (40 ÷ 200 = 0.20). For
instructional work based learning experience, in accordance
with WAC 392-410-315 (1)(f) and 296-125-043(4), divide the
student's enrolled hours of work experience for the month by
one hundred; for example: Twenty hours of instructional work
experience equals two tenths of a full-time equivalent (20 ÷
100 = 0.20). Enrollment exclusions in WAC 392-121-108 apply
to instructional work based learning enrolled hours.

(2) Estimated or scheduled hours of cooperative work
based learning experience may be used in determining a
student's full-time equivalent on an enrollment count date:
Provided, That the combined monthly hours reported for the
school year shall not exceed the student's actual hours of
cooperative work based learning experience documented on the
student's work records and maintained by the school district
for audit purposes. ((Instructional and cooperative work
based learning experience during June of the regular school
year shall be included in the May enrollment count.))

(3) Work based learning provided as part of a
state-approved vocational education program qualifies for
enhanced vocational funding and may be included in determining
a student's vocational full-time equivalent enrollment.

(4) No more than three hundred sixty hours of cooperative
work based learning may be claimed for funding for each credit
a student pursues as reported on the student's transcript. No
more than one hundred eighty hours of instructional work based
learning may be claimed for funding for each credit a student
pursues as reported on the student's transcript.

(5) Funding may be claimed only for work based learning
hours that occur after the work based learning plan, work
based agreement, program orientation and new employee
orientation, as defined in WAC 392-410-315, are completed.

WAC 392-121-133
Definition -- Annual average full-time
equivalent students.
As used in this chapter, "annual average
full-time equivalent students" means the sum of the following:

(1) The annual total of full-time equivalent students
enrolled on the ((nine)) ten enrollment count dates of the
school year and reported to the superintendent of public
instruction pursuant to WAC 392-121-122 divided by ((nine))
ten;

(2) Annual hours of ancillary service to part-time,
private school, and home-based students reported pursuant to
WAC 392-121-107 divided by 720 for grades kindergarten through
third and 900 for grades fourth through twelfth; and

(3) Annual hours of eligible enrollment in nonstandard
school year programs pursuant to WAC 392-121-123 divided by
720 for grades kindergarten through third and 900 for grades
fourth through twelfth.

WAC 392-121-136
Limitation on enrollment counts.
Enrollment counts pursuant to WAC 392-121-106 through
392-121-133 are subject to the following limitations:

(1) Except as provided in (a), (b) and (c) of this
subsection, no student, including a student enrolled in more
than one school district, shall be counted as more than one
full-time equivalent student on any count date or more than
one annual average full-time equivalent student in any school
year.

(a) School districts operating approved vocational skills
center programs during the summer vacation months may claim
additional full-time equivalent students based upon actual
enrollment in such vocational skills centers on the aggregate
of enrolled hours based upon the fourth day of each summer
session. Each district operating an approved vocational
skills center program shall be entitled to claim one annual
average full-time equivalent student for each 900 hours of
planned student enrollment for the summer term(s) subject to
the limitation in (c) of this subsection.

(b) Enrollment count limitations apply separately to a
student's running start, skills center and high school
enrollments and is limited to an overall maximum ((2.0)) 1.8
FTE.

(c) Subject to (b) of this subsection, a student enrolled
in a skill center program during the regular school year may
be claimed for up to a combined 1.6 full-time equivalent
student. A student enrolled in running start during the
regular school year may be claimed for up to a combined 1.2
full-time equivalent student. A student enrolled in high
school and skills center for more than 1.0 FTE, can be claimed
for a 0.2 running start FTE.

Each student may be claimed for a maximum of a 1.0
full-time equivalent for the skills center enrollment, a
maximum of a 1.0 full-time equivalent for running start and a
maximum of a 1.0 full-time equivalent for the student's high
school enrollment subject to the overall ((1.6)) combined FTE
((maximum)) limitation in (b) of this subsection.

(3) The full-time equivalent reported for a five year old
preschool student with a disability is limited as provided in
WAC 392-121-137.

(4) No kindergarten student, including a student enrolled
in more than one school district, shall be counted as more
than one-half of an annual average full-time equivalent
student in any school year.

(5) A student reported as part-time on Form SPI E-672
shall not be reported by a school district for more than
part-time basic education funding on that enrollment count
date and the total enrollment reported by one or more school
districts for basic education and on Form SPI E-672 must not
exceed one full-time equivalent.

(6) Districts providing an approved state-funded full-day
kindergarten program as provided in chapter 28A.150 RCW (from
E2SSB 5841) may claim up to an additional 0.50 FTE based upon
student enrolled hours in excess of the 0.50 FTE provided
under subsection (4) of this section.

WAC 392-121-187
Technical college direct-funded
enrollment.
Enrollment in a technical college pursuant to an
interlocal agreement with a school district as provided in RCW 28B.50.533 may be counted as course of study generating state
moneys payable directly to the technical college as provided
in this section.

(1) The technical college shall submit a written request
to the superintendent of public instruction and for each
school district whose students are to be claimed by the
college shall provide a copy of the interlocal agreement
signed by the school district superintendent and the technical
college president or authorized officials of the school
district and college.

(2) The technical college shall report enrolled students
monthly (((October)) September through June) to the
superintendent of public instruction pursuant to this chapter
and instructions provided by the superintendent. A separate
report shall be submitted for each school district whose
students are reported. Reports of students eligible for state
basic education support shall show the total number of
students served and total nonvocational and vocational FTE
students on the monthly count date. Reports shall also show
the name of each student, hours of enrollment per week on the
monthly count date, and the nonvocational and vocational
full-time equivalent reported for the student on the count
date. Technical colleges claiming direct state handicapped
funding under the interlocal agreement shall also report the
number of enrolled handicapped students by handicapping
category on the count dates of October through ((May)) June
pursuant to WAC 392-122-160 and chapter 392-172A WAC.

(3) The technical college shall report monthly to each
school district whose students are served pursuant to this
section. The report shall include at a minimum the data
reported to the superintendent of public instruction pursuant
to subsection (2) of this section.

(4) The technical college shall report only students who:

(a) Were under twenty-one years of age at the beginning
of the school year;

(b) Are enrolled tuition-free;

(c) Are enrolled in a school district with which the
technical college has a signed interlocal agreement on file
with the superintendent of public instruction pursuant to
subsection (1) of this section;

(d) Are enrolled in the school district for the purpose
of earning a high school diploma or certificate; and

(e) Have actually participated in instructional activity
at the technical college during the current school year.

(5) Enrollments claimed for state basic education funding
by the technical college:

(a) Shall be for courses for which the student is earning
high school graduation credit through the school district or
the technical college; and

(b) Shall not include:

(i) Enrollment which is claimed by the school district
for state funding; or

(ii) Enrollment which generates state or federal moneys
for higher education, adult education, or job training for the
technical college.

(6) Full-time equivalent students reported by the
technical college for state basic education funding shall be
determined pursuant to WAC 392-121-106 through 392-121-183
except that the enrollment count dates shall be for the months
of ((October)) September through June. If a student is
enrolled in courses provided by the school district as well as
courses provided by the technical college, the combined
full-time equivalents reported by the school district and the
technical college are limited by WAC 392-121-136.

(7) The superintendent of public instruction shall make
quarterly payments to the technical college as follows:

(a) Basic education allocations shall be determined
pursuant to chapter 392-121 WAC based on average enrollments
reported by the technical college for each school district
times the average allocation per full-time equivalent high
school student of the school district: Provided, That
allocations for students enrolled in school districts with no
more than two high schools with enrollments of less than three
hundred annual average full-time equivalent students shall be
at the incremental rate generated by students in excess of
sixty annual average full-time equivalent students. Allocations for nonvocational and vocational full-time
equivalent enrollments shall be calculated separately.

(b) Handicapped allocations shall be determined pursuant
to WAC 392-122-100 through 392-122-165 based on average
handicapped enrollments and the school district's average
allocation per handicapped student in each handicapping
category.

(c) Quarterly payments shall provide the following
percentages of the annual allocation: